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Battle over reproductive rights

The pro-life / pro-choice debate rages from Windsor to Ottawa IANCLOUGH lance writer ___________________________

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n the same day that MPs in Ottawa vote on reopening the abortion issue, Windsor feminists are holding an event to protect legal and safe abortions.

Jessie Fuerth and Sarah Morris, hosts of CJAM radio’s Milk and Vodka radio show, have organized “Riot Grrrl Tuesdays,” a series of events aimed at connecting and building the Windsor feminist community.

“We started doing a lot of stuff about DIY [do it yourself] and that sort of became a really strong theme of the program: how you can take accountability of your own life and change things instead of just being angry,” said Morris.

The first event features Michigan folkpunk act The Gator and Windsor’s Tara Watts at Phog Lounge at 8 p.m this Wednesday. Money raised will go to Planned Parenthood in Detroit, which, according to Fuerth and Morris, is at risk of being defunded because of the “pro-life or anti-abortion” climate in the United States and Canada. Other Riot Grrrl Tuesday events will be held on the last Tuesday of each month.

Motion 312, introduced by Conservative Member of Parliament Stephen Woodworth (Kitchener Centre), is aimed at striking a committee to investigate the definition of a human being. Opposition MPs argue that the motion will reopen the abortion debate.

Woodworth appealed fellow members in the House of Commons Friday, with a vote on Motion 312 expected this Wednesday.

“I’ve talked to women who say ‘feminism is done,’” said Morris. “Apathy, I’d say, is even more dangerous than radical thoughts.”

“If you’re apathetic and one of these votes comes up and you don’t care, that’s when scary legislation can get passed,” she continued.

On the other side of the local abortion debate is Soulpresence.ca, a pro-life organization that has recently opened up an office on University Avenue West, close to the university campus. According to their website, they are a Catholic organization that opposes abortion, euthanasia and organ transplantation.

Soulpresence.ca did not respond to The Lance’s requests for an interview.

Soulpresence.ca is participating in the 40 Days For Life campaign, a na-

tional pro-life movement that includes prayers, vigils and fasting throughout a 40-day period. There will be a silent procession marching from Metropolitan Hospital on Sept. 25 to kick off the campaign, which runs from Sept. 26 to Nov. 4.

“The only difference between the born child and the pre-born child is age.

This is a scientific fact,” writes registered nurse Constance Thomson in the group’s August newsletter. She also advocates for “a battery of offensive actions” as “our weak defensive actions are getting us nowhere.”

Fuerth said that the group perpetuates myths about abortion, such as abortion causing cancer.

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a lesson in geography with Rob Ford

Did you hear that one about Rob Ford and a bunch of pissed off Windsorites?

Toronto mayor Rob Ford proved yet again that he has a proverbial ability to stick his foot far up his mouth without realizing that he is doing so.

Yet this time, it wasn’t due to subways or streetcars, nor football teams or This Hour has 22 Minutes.

This time, Rob Ford proved that geography clearly wasn’t his major in neither high school nor university when he emphatically made clear that he didn’t know where Ontario ended: was it Windsor or was it Winnipeg?

While visiting Chicago last week, Ford chatted with people as he walked the streets with a camera crew. While talking to one couple who said they had been to Canada, Ford asked where they had visited. The couple couldn’t remember, but said, “The part where you go across Detroit and the river.”

Obviously Windsor, but Ford replied, “Oh, Manitoba. Have you ever been to Winnipeg?”

Now, we should go easy on Ford, it’s not as if he is the premier of the province; that spot is reserved for McGuinty.

While Ford may wish that he had more power and responsibility, he made it clear to Ontarians, Canadians and international media, that he incapable of governing outside of his own backyard.

And thank the stars for that.

Ford has made blunder after blunder. Whether it be his attempt to run a campaign on a mantra of ‘ending the gravy train,’ or whether it be when he illegally used his position as a city councillor to solicit donations for a football team, while after the fact, claiming ignorance and repeatedly stating that he had done nothing wrong.

No matter what he does, nor apparently where he goes, this man taints the image of both Toronto and Ontario, and ultimately, Canada as a whole.

This man is the mayor of a global city. Toronto is not a small nothing of a town; it is city on the world stage that represents the biggest in Canadian financial, entertainment, sport and political interests.

For far too long, Ford has sullied the image of Toronto, my birth city, without any repercussion. The time has come for Torontonians to stand up, make their voices heard and boot this ignoramus from office.

-Jon Liedtke QUOTABLE ROB FORD “I can’t support bike lanes. … Roads are built for buses, cars and trucks. Not for people on bikes. And my heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.” — March 2007, during a council debate.

“If you’re not doing needles and you’re not gay, you won’t get AIDS, probably.” — June 2006, during a council debate on public health grants for community-based AIDS prevention programs.

“Giving the mayor more power for this council is like giving criminals free guns.” — December 2005, during a debate on a new structure for city government. The comment drew a chorus of demands, ultimately unsuccessful, that he withdraw the remark.

“To me, if you are going to water plants, water all the plants.

You just don’t pick and choose what plants you’ve got to water.” — April 2004, as Ford alleged his plants weren’t being tended by staff. His poinsettia died. Ford called it “plant discrimination.” He later tried to scrap the watering service.

“You called me a fat (expletive). You did, you just did! Are you going to lie about that Barber, are you going to lie about that? You just said that.” - June 24, 2004, after an interview with Globe and Mail columnist John Barber at city hall.

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re: CFS takes tuition fee talks on the road, Sept. 12

There’s been much debate about university tuition fees.

Should they be lowered, raised or frozen? I don’t know– but I do know that nothing comes free.

One student is quoted as saying that, because education is a right, it should be free. I agree that education can be considered a right– a relatively new idea in Western society, since only now is post-secondary education necessary for so many jobs. However, this doesn’t mean education should be free.

For instance, clean water, the necessity of life, does not come to us free of charge. Even if we don’t buy bottled water, we pay taxes to support water treatment plants.

Instead, the idea that education is a right means it should be accessible for all. Of course, those who don’t have the money to pay their way through school should be given financial aid.

Access to higher-paying jobs would allow them to break the cycle of poverty. Most of us, though, can deal with at least some university fees.

If students refuse to directly pay for part of our education, education will still never be free. The money for everything we see and use on campus– course material, lecturers, university infrastructure– has to come from somewhere. Higher taxes are an option, but never a popular one. The article cites a 2011 poll by the CFS and the Canadian Association of University Teachers, in which 59 percent of respondents said they would “pay more taxes to increase investment in postsecondary education.” It’s a nice thought, but is it reality?

The electorate tends not to respond favourably when a party’s political platform includes tax increases. And don’t forget that we’re taxpayers too (or soon will be), so we will effectively be paying for school anyway.

Maybe we’re used to the idea of free things. “Free” is a catchy word in politics and business alike. Buy two of these, get the third half off. Collect enough “points” at your favourite drug store, get a “free” product. But the price of that shampoo bottle is factored into the company’s financial policies somewhere– someone (and it’s not the executives) ends up paying for it.

Everything has a cost. It is unrealistic to push for a free education because free is impossible– you can’t make something from nothing. While education should be affordable for all, those of us who can afford it must be willing to contribute, whether through tuition or taxes, for a quality education.

Speaking of which, “quality” is an area this tuition debate has largely ignored. How many of us complain when a lecturer teaches straight from the text, or repeatedly cuts a three-hour class an hour short? Perhaps, if we’re so worried about the amount of money we put into school, we should be equally concerned about what we get out of it.

-Erin Pervin Third-year honours anthropology and psychology

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De-coded: university to refund fees DARRYLGALLINGER news editor ___________________________

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niversity of Windsor students who dished out extra money for online course materials are getting refunds after the school realized making access code fees mandatory is against provincial policy.

Courses in several disciplines, including psychology, computer science, business and physics use online teaching resources such as MyCompLab, which require students to purchase an access code.

Some tests and assignments can only be completed by using these course supplements, and charging an additional fee to access these programs is prohibited by the provincial government. Since many students have already purchased access codes and faculty have incorporated these applications into their courses, the university will be refunding students the cost. “[Students] will be refunded for the fee that they paid for that access code,” said Holly Ward, university spokesperson.

“They will get every penny back.”

Online applications that provide supplementary exercises and activities or additional reading will not be eligible for the refund since they do not fall under the province’s regulations around ancillary fees.

A memo circulated to Ontario universities by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities on July 8, 2011 clarified the issue. “The costs associated with the administration of assignments, tests and examinations should be paid for out of operating revenue, and students should not be required to purchase these applications.”

Section 5.2 of the Ontario Operating Grants Distribution Manual, which explains the province’s ancillary fee protocols, identifies fees levied to pay for costs that are supposed to be covered by tuition fees as “tuition-related” ancillary fees. These fees have been prohibited

Thousands of UWindsor students will receive refunds for purchasing mandatory online course materials • photo Darryl Gallinger

since May 1, 1987.

Approximately 3,000 students will receive an average credit of $70 from the university, depending on how much they paid for access to their online materials. Funds will be credited to students’ UWindsor accounts in the next several weeks.

“If [students] have any questions, they should call the cashier’s office,” Ward advised. Courses spread across several faculties use applications from different companies, and this is creating a logistical challenge for the university in attempting to resolve the issue. “Give it at least three weeks to get everyone through the system,” she added.

Ward explained that this will happen again next semester– students will purchase their access codes and then be reimbursed the ancillary fee payment.

A committee will be established by the university to work out a more long-term solution.

“Faculty are using online materials because they are really dynamic,” Ward

said. “It’s become a very interesting and effective way of learning. They’re going to see if there’s a way of continuing with this practice while remaining within the guidelines the province set out.”

blame for the issue, adding that it was an oversight of the university. Ward confirmed this and said the university acted quickly to rectify the situation once it was brought to their attention.

When this issue first came to the attention of Mohammad Akbar, University of Windsor Students’ Alliance vice-president university affairs, he immediately informed students through social media.

The Ontario government first expressed an interest in building up online postsecondary education in its March 2010 throne speech. This idea was reaffirmed by “Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge,” a discussion paper released by Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.

“This is a victory for students,” said Akbar of the announcement. “This is thanks to a massive campaign by students to raise awareness about this.

When students are united they can get something real and tangible done.”

Akbar’s message was widely shared and commented on as he began gathering information about specific cases and speaking with professors and students.

University president Alan Wildeman met with Akbar and UWSA president Kimberley Orr on Sept. 19 to discuss the issue and work out a solution.

Akbar stated that professors were not to

In a memo to universities in 2011, the ministry expressed its appreciation of post-secondary pursuit of online learning opportunities, but added that, “institutions are reminded that as they adapt to new learning methods and technologies, they must do so while being attentive to ministry policies regarding ancillary fees.”

Avicii concert lands UWSA $37K in the hole DARRYLGALLINGER news editor ___________________________

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inancial statements have revealed the actual cost of the Coming Home Music Festival concert to be just over $250,000.

Swedish DJ Tim Berg, a.k.a. Avicii, headlined the Sept. 5 concert at the Riverfront Festival Plaza, put on by the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance as part of its Welcome Week events for students.

Leading up to the concert, UWSA president Kimberley Orr reported costs of $150,000 to The Windsor Star, while UWSA vice-president administration Alyssa Atkins pegged expenses for the concert at $200,000.

UWSA financial documents report final expenses for the concert to be $253,950.

Avicii is listed as receiving $130,000

for his performance. No performers’ expenses are reported for MC Flipside, Manzone and Strong, Yos and Aboudi for playing alongside Avicii, but lodging is accounted for these out of town artists.

UWSA director of student life Josh Paglione, who goes by Josh Karmin when performing, DJed for free at the concert.

Revenue streams from ticket sales, alcohol sales and returns and sponsorships total $206,831, bringing losses to about $37,000. Students paid $15 and community members paid $25 for admission.

VIP tickets were available for $40.

“Right now our programming budget is built so that we can cover the entire cost of the concert,” Orr explained in an interview with The Lance prior to the event. “If something went terribly wrong ... what would happen is we’d have absolutely no programming for the rest of the year.”

Orr added that the UWSA aimed to break even on the concert, so they could continue to provide great services to students.

Representatives from the UWSA were unwilling to comment at the time of publication, but said they will be releasing a statement regarding the concert this week.

“I appreciate they’re trying to do big things, but personally I get more out of the little [events] like dirty bingo,” said Kristy Ellis, a fourth-year psychology student.

“I think they could find better ways to derive a profit,” said student Deborah McNally, who suggested partnering with more businesses downtown for events.

Several companies and organizations sponsored the event. Protenders, who were paid approximately $19,000 for

bartending and security, sponsored the event for $2,000. Concert promoter and event assistant Renaldo Agostino received $8,000 for his services, while donating $1,000 to the event. The University of Windsor’s president’s office contributed $10,565 for the concert.

The UWSA almost hit its goal of 7,500 attendees with 5,745 tickets purchased for a total of $114,461. An additional 623 tickets were given out for free by organizations such as the Organization of Part-Time University Students, which they secured for sponsoring the event.

Last year’s Coming Home Music Festival, featuring DJs Benny Benassi and Ritchie Hawtin, cost $150,000. The UWSA lost about $40,000 on it. Tickets were free for students and $5 for community members.

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Forty united in support of women’s rights at the second annual SlutWalk march last weekend in downtown Windsor • photo Joey Acott

Miss Canadas Take Back the Night

Second year for SlutWalk

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Some are upset about the choice of keynote speakers at this year’s rally. Jaclyn Miles, Miss Canada 2012 spokesperson for the Break the Silence Campaign, and Chelsea Duroche, Miss Universe Canada 2011, are headlining the bill.

The annual Take Back the Night rally returns to Windsor Sept. 29 at Dieppe Gardens in an effort to raise awareness about violence against women.

“The title [they] represent, comes from an organization that is inherently sexist and racist, as well as treating women like cattle through judging them. It’s disgusting to me,” said Jessie Fuerth, an organizer for Wednesday’s Night of Action: Benefit Show for Accessible to Legal Safe Abortion.

“The event is to gain public attention by emphasizing both the reality and the threat of violence in the lives of women and children,” said Natalie St. Martin, resident advisor at the Well-Come Centre women’s shelter and one of the event’s organizers. “We’re particularly concerned about violence at night. Women are often told to be extra careful and take precautions when going out at night.”

St. Martin argues that Miles is an “asset.”

She said the Miles is a survivor of abuse and is a spokesperson for the prevention of abuse and support other survivors. But even critics like Morris admit the event is “an important issue.”

According to Statistics Canada, sexual assault has been on the rise in Windsor since 2006, with 197 incidents reported last year.

St. Martin noted that many cases of sexual assault go unreported.

The rally starts at 7 p.m. and is followed by the march. Men are asked not to march, but to stand on the sidewalks and hold signs of support.

St. Martin said that abuse and sexual assault is an “epidemic,” with perpetrators “getting younger.” She noted that there are different kinds of abuse and that some people do not always recognize them.

This past Saturday saw over 40 supporters march through the downtown core chanting and holding signs for the second annual SlutWalk.

SlutWalk addresses victim-blaming, where someone is blamed for being sexually assaulted because of their appearance or sexual history. SlutWalk started last year in Toronto after a police officer said, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.”

The comment sparked a movement that has gained international acclaim and seen marches all over the world.

Organizer Mag Wildwood said that the reaction this year was better than in 2011, when many people were upset with the event’s name.

“Once they find out about [SlutWalk], they’re like, ‘Oh that makes a lot of sense— but I really don’t like that name,’” Wildwood said.

“There’s a connotation behind it ... it’s why we’re still marching under the name.”

“It’s part of the walk. That word ‘slut’ is part of it,” she continued, “because that’s the reason women are getting called slut in the courtroom, that [the courts] are using their sexual history and their ‘slutiness’ to dismiss their rapes. It’s ridiculous.”

Campus changes laid out for next 50 years

JASONRANKIN lance writer ___________________________

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he University of Windsor presented a round-up of a number of construction and renovation projects across campus at a community conference last week.

UWindsor president Alan Wildeman held an open house Sept. 19 at the CAW Student Centre that laid out plans for transforming the campus over the next 50 years.

“The University of Windsor campus has had a great history of 50 years,” said Wildeman before the event. “But there are some parts (of the campus) where we need to rebuild them because they’re no longer state of the art. They no longer have the technology. They’re no longer suiting the purpose that we want them to suit for today’s world.”

During his presentation, Wildeman went on to explain the two phases of the Campus Transformation Plan. Phase 1 will span from 2012-2015 and include completing construction on the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation, an addition to the medical building and additional of the construction— and demolition— on and around the campus. The campus courtyard, located

outside of the CAW Student Centre and Dillon Hall, will be finished in 2013 with tables, benches and bike racks.

Fall 2013 will see construction of the Innovation Centre and Parking Structure, as well as renovations to the Odette School of Business. Sunset Avenue will be closed to vehicles to create a safe pedestrian area.

The following year will bring the Welcome Centre, which will handle admissions, recruitment, advancement and alumni affairs. It will also have retail space for selling UWindsor merchandise.

In 2014, the downtown campus is expected to be completed. “We’re tentatively, as a placeholder name, thinking of calling that downtown location, the School of Creative Innovation,” said Wildeman.

The university will be renovating The Windsor Star building, the Windsor Armouries and the former Greyhound bus depot as part of its plan to expand operations downtown.

The Windsor Star building and the Armouries will be remodelled while still retaining their historical features.

Improvements include a large atrium in The Star’s historical corner piece and a

Joseph Kokot, an architect working on the Innovation Centre and Parking Structure, discussed his work at the university’s open house last week • photo Darryl Gallinger

rooftop terrace on the Armouries.

Phase 2 spans 2015 and onward. It will see the consolidation of student services into one building, possibly Memorial Hall. Enhancements and improvements will be made to the St. Denis Centre, Essex Hall and Leddy Library. The Faculty of Law building will be expanded with new classrooms and gathering spots.

“It’s really about developing a plan that is rooted in what the university says is important to do,” says Wildeman. “We want this to be a place that people can point to and say that the university has aligned itself to make a very significant contribution to the community around it.”

Writer-in-rez seat vacant NATASHAMARAR editor-in-chief ___________________________

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nglish students often look forward to having their work critiqued by their department’s writer-in-residence, only this semester the writer’s desk is empty.

The University of Windsor’s plans to host a writer-in-residence this year are currently on hold after the English department was unsuccessful in its bid for government grant money to fund the program. The school was looking to provide Toronto-based writer Ray Robertson with a $20,000 salary─ of which $10,000 was to be matched by the university─ to serve a two-semester residency.

Chatham-born Robertson has written six novels and two non-fiction works including “Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live,” released through Windsor publisher Biblioasis last year.

“A lot of writer in residence programs are facing some difficulty, it’s not just Windsor,” said Carol Margaret Davison, who heads the English Language, Literature and Creative Writing department. “There are more and more writerin-residence programs being developed.

There’s more demands on the existing funds that are there.”

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residency programs through the federally funded Canada Council for the Arts. This year, CCA had a writerin-residence budget of $239,910 for English and French language programs.

Out of 29 applicants, UWindsor was only one of four applicants that didn’t receive funding for 2012-2013.

“It’s true that there’s an increase in requests for a budget that hasn’t changed basically, probably, nil in the last couple of years. So yes, there is a pressure on the budget,” said Mona Kiame, a program officer for CCA. “A lot of major Canadian institutions saw their budgets cut in the last federal budget. Canada Council’s budget wasn’t touched at all ... but that doesn’t mean that we’re out of the waters for the coming year.”

Davison feels that applying to CCA to fund a writer for the full academic year may have hindered their changes against other schools only vying for one-semester funding. Kiame clarified that the type of residency requested in terms of length and a number of writers does not impact whether an institution will receive funding.

semester through fundraising efforts.

She is appealing to alumni and is accepting donations online through the English department’s webpage, uwindsor.ca/english.

The English Undergraduate Students’ Association is also running a book sale this Thursday to raise funds for the writer-in-residence. The sale takes place in the CAW Student Centre from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“There is also a case to be made for the way the organization applies for funding, how they present their requests ...

They are being looked at in a competitive process.”

Davison estimates that they’ve raised around 25 per cent of the $10,000 needed. The university will still commit the additional $10,000 for the writer’s salary.

Despite the funding letdown, Davison said the department is optimistic that a writer can be brought in for the winter

“In [Ray Robertson’s] case, he has a job in Toronto but he has to leave that job to come here. This gives him the

golden opportunity to write ... it’s like a writer’s retreat ... so it’s a win-win situation for both the writer and the community.”

“Here on campus, having a writer-inresidence is, especially for the creative writing students, a very unique opportunity to have an objective critique of their work,” Davison said, adding. “We allow the community to come in too. If they have writing they want to share or show, they can speak to that writer-inresidence.”

Davison is hopeful the money will be raised to bring Robertson to campus in January and that the school will receive CCA funding next year. She said the community will have a chance to meet Robertson when he gives a book reading at BookFest Windsor on Oct. 25.

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Cinemas obscure

With indie movie theatres dropping out to cinema giants, what’s to become of dinner and a movie?

The Capitol Theatre in 1922 • photo courtesy Artcite Inc.

JONLIEDTKE features editor ___________________________ It’s a Thursday evening and you’ve just finished having a nice dinner downtown.

The conversation has been flowing without interruption, you’ve enjoyed the atmosphere of the restaurant. Drinks have been imbibed and enjoyed. You decide that catching a movie might be a nice way to spend the remainder of the evening. Unfortunately, the closest movie theatre is literally across town.

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indsor’s downtown, Walkerville and east side neighbourhoods are full of residents and thriving businesses, but aside from cineplexes in big box epicentres, many Windsorites are without convenient access to movie theatres.

Windsorite and university student Nicko Mammonas remembers going to the cinema in downtown Windsor. He believes that having a theatre downtown is beneficial for stimulating the economy and provides tourists and residents with an attraction in the city’s core.

“When I was younger, I used to go to the movie theatre downtown. It was readily accessible to places that you could go out to, enjoy the nightlife, as well as see a movie. By combining the two things and allowing that interaction it might allow more people to want to experience the downtown life of Windsor. It might change the perspective of [downtown] only being for drinks, to party or to dance, and transform it into a more social thing to do.”

Windsor used to be home to an ample collection of independently owned cinemas. But due to monopolization, one by one, they have disappeared.

Downtown there was Palace Cinemas

and the Capitol Theatre. Opened New Year’s Eve 1920, the Capitol Theatre, then called Loew’s Windsor Theatre, was configured as both a silent and vaudeville theatre; complete with an orchestra pit. The 1,995-seat theatre was subdivided in 1975 by then owners Famous Players, and given three auditoria.

The advent of the multiplex and high operating costs eventually convinced Famous Players to close the Capitol in 1989. Later that year, the cinema transformed in to a venue for live theatre and now is undergoing renovations to become the home of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.

The Palace Cinema also opened in 1920 and, following a 1980 modernization, housed four screens. The cinema rolled its final credits earlier this year after it was purchased by The Windsor Star.

Not to be out done by downtown, the Tivoli Theatre in Walkerville was too built in 1920 as a vaudeville theatre and later as a traditional film theatre.

It closed its doors in 1963 and hasn’t projected a film since.

The only remaining theatres in Windsor-Essex are SilverCity, Cineplex Odeon and Lakeshore Cinema; none of which are located anywhere near the city’s centre. The only other cinema in the region is a drive-in theatre located a 40-minute drive away in Tilbury.

Windsor’s downtown is home to both the Windsor International Film Festival and Media City Film Festival, who pride themselves on screening independent cinema. It’s surprising that Windsor doesn’t have a cinema in the city centre. These events exist solely to show films but are forced to use nontraditional venues to do so.

There are opportunities to change the fate of urban cinefiles though.

The small underground ‘Boom Boom Theatre’ ran reels for an eight month period in 2008 in a custom designed theatre in the basement of Boom Boom Room nightclub. The 60-person capacity, single screen cinema showed independent cultural movies and operated two nights per week. With its own entrance on Ouellette Avenue, the theatre was ideal for those seeking to catch a movie downtown.

Unfortunately, due to water damage from a flood, the theatre had to be closed indefinitely. Boom Boom Room co-owner Renaldo Agostino explained that a few thousand dollars was all that was needed to turn it into a viable space.

“We’ve always thought about doing it again, but you need that kind of person who will really spearhead it,” said Agostino. “We do a lot of stuff. We do a lot of big shows, lots of big DJs. We’re very into the art scene, so we try to be more than a nightclub. We’re more of an entertainment centre.”

According to Agostino, Boom Boom Theatre wasn’t “built to compete with [big movie theatres] it was more independent film … that’s what made it special. You could walk in and see really cool stuff─ as opposed to stuff you see in the big theatres. We used to open the backroom and everyone would sit around and talk about the movie for a few hours.”

Referring to larger theatres such as Silver City which offer a plethora of screens and an IMAX theatre, Agostino commented that it was the “evolution of the entertainment business. Everyone wants 3D … the best sound, the best picture, and unfortunately, the only people that can provide that are the big movie chains. You’re kinda at their will to go where they want.”

John Doherty used to operate an arthouse/alternative theatre in the location now occupied by sports bar The Krooked Kilt on Wyandotte Street West.

The Windsor Film Theatre, operated from 1990 to 2000, showed films that wouldn’t make it to smaller markets like Windsor, as well as foreign films primarily from Europe.

Working throughout his university years, Doherty started at the front of house, learned how to be a projectionist and eventually took over the business with two other partners.

“Business sucked,” joked Doherty, adding, “We had our regulars─ and thank God for those regulars. They were very good, and we treated them like gold … it became a small community.”

Doherty explained that aside from diehard regulars, there were a lot of people who loved the idea of cinema in their city, but that typically, people didn’t support it. While it was sustainable to keep the business open─ even with just five or six patrons per night─ Doherty explained that the theatre was primarily an “altruistic endeavour … it was strictly because I loved it. It wasn’t about the money back then.”

Doherty left in 2000 to focus on his day job and make his own films. His partner shut down the operation two months later. But Doherty believes there is always a desire for small cinema in the city.

“For years afterwards people came up to me and said, ‘Why did you shut it down? It was such a great thing. We loved it!’”

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WALKERVILLE ROCKS STREET FESTIVAL & CAR SHOW (Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. @ Wyandotte Street East between Devonshire and Lincoln roads)

Wilfrid Laurier baseball team suspended four games for hazing

Enjoy a day of sidewalk sales, live entertainment, vintage cars and probably your last chance on a patio this season during the Walkerville Rocks Street Festival & Car Show. The event is back for a second instalment in Windsor’s fastest growing neighbourhood. The Arts Council Windsor-Essex will be hosting Culture Days with a parade and interactive art, and Border City Mini Club and the Windsor-Detroit MG Club will have cars on display. Live music will fill the afternoon and evening with Pat Robitaille and The Walkervilles taking the stage at 4:30 p.m. (free)

WATERLOO (CUP) — Wilfrid Laurier University suspended its entire men’s baseball team last Thursday for four games after it was discovered the team was participating in hazing.

Following the four-game suspension, the team could be banned for the remainder of the 2012 season.

The team will be required to make a presentation to athletic director Peter Baxter, interuniversity sport coordinator Wally Gabler and vice-president of student affairs David McMurray. Following that, the university will decide whether the team will be reinstated or extend the suspension for the remainder of their season.

FORD CITY ARTS & HERITAGE FEST (Sept. 30 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. @ 1078 Drouillard Rd.) After you’re done taking in the culture of Walkerville, head a little east to Drouillard Road for the Ford City Arts & Heritage Fest and explore its historic buildings and businesses. The event features food, art activities and a book reading in the Ford City Community Garden, self-guided historic mural tours, live music and an artisan market. Three Historic Churches; St. John the Divine Orthodox Church, Descent of the Holy Ghost Romanian Orthodox Church and Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church will be open with free guided tours. (free) BIBLIOASIS OPEN HOUSE & READING (Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. @ 1520 Wyandotte St. East) Windsor publisher Biblioasis just moved to its new storefront office in Walkerville and is holding a fall book launch to christen the new digs. The event, dubbed The Books & Boxes Bash With C.P. Boyko, Nadine McInnis, Alice Petersen and Norm Sibum will feature readings from these four Biblioasis authors’ new books. If you miss the event, but are lucky enough to get out of town, reading by these authors will follow in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph and Buffalo. (free)

“[We gave them] a determination of sanction and then opportunity for the team to really dig deep and learn about the detriments of hazing,” Baxter said.

The incident, the details of which which have not been revealed, was brought to the attention of the Athletics Department when a report from Residence Life reached Gabler. After further investigation, Laurier Athletics decided to suspend the team.

Shelby Blackley — The Cord (Wilfrid Laurier University) The University of Windsor unveiled it’s strategic plan to enhance campus facilities over the next 50 years during a presentation to the community last week.

The Capital Transformation Plan will include renovating three buildings downtown to house various social science and arts programs, as well as the construction of a new innovation centre, extensions to the medical and law buildings and a new parking structure on campus (renderings courtesy University of Windsor).

Iran embassy closure has big implications for Iranian students in Canada MONTREAL (CUP) — After suspending diplomatic relations with Iran almost two weeks ago, Iranian students studying in Canada are still waiting on directives from Ottawa as to how, or if, they will be able to continue their studies.

According to the Canadian Bureau of International Education there are about 4,000 Iranian students who are affected by the government’s decision.

The CBIE, an association representing 150 Canadian universities and colleges, is spearheading lobbying efforts to obtain information from the government on next steps for Iranian students seeking consular services formerly provided through Canada’s Iranian embassy. Such services include passport and study permit renewals, documentation to exempt male Iranian students from mandatory military service and money transfers.

DOORS OPEN WINDSOR (Sept. 29-30 @ various locations) For the full historical tour beyond Ford City festival, check out Doors Open Windsor featuring over 30 sites across the city. University of Windsor students and staff may be surprised to see Dillon Hall and a more modern campus building, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, on the list. Take a stroll through Riverside’s Prado Place block and grab a pint at the newly reopened Walkerville Brewery to ease your tired feet. (free)

“At this point we haven’t gotten too much by way of official notifications on government websites or anything like that,” said Jennifer Humphries vicepresident of membership, public policy and communications at CBIE. Erin Hudson — CUP Quebec Bureau Chief

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Do you think we need independent cinemas in Windsor?

ONOTSE SABAGEH, 18

ZAK SLEIMAN, 19

student @ UWindsor

student @ UWindsor

I’m sad they aren’t around anymore. I live in Forest Glade and used to go to Forest Glade Cinemas because it was cheaper.

I believe it is hurting our economy. The more privately owned businesses we have, that could give us more opportunities to benefit financially.

CAROLINE RENAUD, 20

DRAGAN LUKIC, 19

Honestly, I don’t care very much because I have [a chain theatre] near my house. It doesn’t bother me.

I care because it’s nice having independently owned properties.

student @ UWindsor

student @ UWindsor

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Great Danes The Raveonettes get back to noir

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ransformation is key for Danish merchants of reverberating gloom The Ravonettes.

“It’s important to change your sound,” said guitarist and songwriter Sune Rose Wagner. “You’re always in a different place in your life. You don’t want to repeat myself.”

clubs, today he’s ready to fit the mood.

“You just get into a different setting.”

For 11 years, The Ravonettes have made their name on inventive rock and roll that borrows from just about every genre you can think of. Wagner’s output is prolific. The band has released six albums since their debut Chain Gang of Love in August 2003, along with his own solo project.

It’s early August and we’re chatting over waters on a rickety bench with a view of the Montreal skyline. A few hours earlier, Wagner and his bandmate Sharin Foo played a big and loud set to enthusiastic crowds at Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts.

“I have hours of material (for an EP). I make little snippets for ideas and then when I have maybe eight hours of small ideas I take out the ones I think I like.”

It’s a whittling down process that takes him time and much self-reflection. “I’m very harsh on myself. I’m not going to put out anything that I don’t like.”

“I thought it was a really amazing gig,” said Wagner. In the past he’s expressed his enjoyment of playing in darkened

Their new album, Observator, hit shelfs on Sept. 11 to favourable reviews. It’s lead single “Observations” is a dreamy

but powerful track that complements much of the album. AV Club critic Matt Schild noted in his review that The Ravonettes “set them[selves] apart from most of their reverb-worshipping contemporaries [with] solid songwriting and an understanding that effects don’t make a band.”

Wagner’s looking forward to touring the new record.

“I don’t like to be creative on the road. I just want to have fun and hang out with the band.” But his mind is always thinking about new creative ventures. He recently had a lot of input on the video for “She Owns the Streets,” starring the subject of the song, performance artist Loan Tran known for dancing in the streets.

her dancing in the video.” He recruited photographer Peter Kaaden to shoot the video after seeing his work in Dazed and Confused magazine.

He’s also begun producing albums, working mostly with American noise rockers Dum Dum Girls. “Dee Dee [lead singer and songwriter] is a really talented songwriter. I connect really well with her songs and I can give her ideas that she respects from me.” It’s an opportunity for Wagner to work with another songwriter to help them reach their full potential.

But the focus will always be on The Ravonettes for both Wagner and Foo.

“It didn’t take a genius to figure out what to do,” he said. “Let’s just have

The Ravonettes play The Magic Stick in Detroit this Sunday, Sept. 30 with Parisian break out artist and purveyor of kaleidoscopic psych rock Melody’s Echo Chamber. Tickets are $14 and doors open at 8 p.m.

ROMNEY WANTS AIRPLANE WINDOWS TO OPEN

U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HUNT GIRLS

ASHLEY MACISAAC IS LEAVING WINDSOR

In a LA Times article last week, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney exposed his lack of comprehension about air pressure at 20,000 feet. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft ... because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem.” ... oh Mitten.

Just in case you though we’ve stopped breeding misogyny and obscene gender roles in our schools, Crookston High School in Minnesota assured us boys will be boys and women are to be hunted last Thursday with ‘Prey and Predator Day.’ “Guys dress in their camouflage and other hunting apparel,” read the poster, “while girls will show off their animal print.”

Cape Breton fiddler Ashley Macisaac, who moved to the Rose City three and bit yearsago, is leaving us for the east coast. While in Windsor, he crashed a PETA antifur demonstration alone, unannounced and wearing a muskrat fur coat and carrying a sign that read “I support the Canadian Seal Hunt.” We’ll miss you Ashley.

pq trendingm iPHONE 5 MILLION Apple’s iPhone 5 has been on sale in limited supply in select cities for three days and the company has already sold five million units. But since the headphone jack is on the bottom and the screen is slightly taller it only makes sense that hipsters and nerds alike spent the weekend sleeping on the street in line to spend $700900 on a phone. Alan Turing must be rolling in his grave.

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Harvesting the FAM Festival returns with a new schedule and cash for bands

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arvesting the FAM Festival, the ever evolving festival of independent fashion, film, arts and music is moving into its seventh instalment starting Friday, though with a few changes.

“The spirit of the festival has remained very much the same, I think it always will,” said FAM Fest organizer Murad Erzinclioglu, who admits that organizing this year’s festival has been challenging.

He is responsible for most of the logistical elements of FAM and has been trying to weave the planning in between work, school and his own band; Learning.

“We (Erzinclioglu and co-founder Ben Young) started the festival as a way to get our own art and music out there,”

Life on the Dee list

JONLIEDTKE features editor ______________________________

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erry Dee might play a teacher on the hit CBC show Mr. D, but in real life Dee has left the class clowns behind and taken to the comedy circuit himself.

Mr. D is about a supply teacher who ‘makes the big time’ and is hired on fulltime teaching subjects that he’s not very well versed in. It parallels the experiences Gerry Dee had during his stint as a teacher at his alma mater in Toronto.

Dee didn’t enter the comedy world until he was 30, and while he spent his childhood watching comedies and making people laugh, it took the advice from peers for him to get into the industry.

“Coming into it was really difficult,” explained Dee, “My first night was horrible … probably the first 10 nights were horrible. You might get a little laugh here and there, but I’m still learning. I’m doing 13 years now, and it’s always a learning game. But when you’re starting,

he said of the festival that began on the campus of the University of Windsor in 2006.

FAM Fest has traditionally been held over a week, but the scope of the event has increased. “This year, things are a little different,” explained Erzinclioglu.

“It’s the same amount of talent, but spread out over a longer period of time … three weekends.”

Perhaps the most notable change to the 2012 edition is the introduction of pay for musicians. FAM, though outright about not paying performers in the past, has still incurred criticism for not offering to pay bands for playing.

“We reworked our budget, re-examined where we were spending our money and made some changes to our venue selections in the interest of playing to the

strengths of the locations. So we were able to cut our cost way down.”

Following conversations with Milk Coffee Bar owner Angelo Marignani and musician James O-L, Erzinclioglu developed a plan to take 15 per cent of the earnings at the bar and divide that between the bands on the bill and the festival to cover promotional costs.

Other participating artists, including visual artists, fashion designers and film makers will not be paid but take 100 per cent of any sales resulting from the festival exposure.

“Hopefully, some of the haters and some of the neigh sayers will come out to the FAM Fest and not feel ‘bad’ about it,” said Erzinclioglu.

Erzinclioglu hopes that people will not only check out the bands playing over

the weeks, including local favourites The Nefidovs and The Unquiet Dead, but also the fashion show featuring local designers, an event that Murad said is “looking really good.”

He also is excited about the film screenings. “There is a great film about a prankster turner hip-hop artist … and an incredible documentary by our most stand-out filmmaker over the years, Eric Boucher, called Windsor; A Love Story, and it really examines the cultural community in Windsor.”

“I’m just really excited to get it going,” said Erzinclioglu.

Harvesting the FAM Festival begins on Friday, Sept. 28 with two music showcases at Phog Lounge and FM Lounge and runs through Oct. 12. For full details and event listings, see famfest.ca.

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when you think you’re good, you’re probably still terrible.”

Dee finds comedic inspiration in John Candy, Michael J. Fox and John Ritter, but says he never followed stand up comedy.

“I didn’t even know anything about stand up … I knew Eddie Murphy, that’s all I knew. [Most comics] when they get into comedy, they study every comic – Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin— I didn’t know who those guys were when I started, George Carlin was an actor to me.”

Securing a comedy tour is no small feat, and Dee explained that after placing third on the fifth season of NBC’s reality show Last Comic Standing he started to garner some notoriety. Dee appreciates the art of taking baby steps.

“If I was to try to book the same venue as Russell Peters, I’d be very humbled, very quickly. So it’s all relative, and you just try to find the right venue.”

Drawing material from his life, and his friends and family, Dee incorporates

observational humour into his television show and comedy routines. “For the most part, it’s based off of reality with some exaggerations,” said Dee. “At the end of season three or four, I’ll know if we created something really different. But right now, we’ve created something that is a pretty good show, and we’re trying to build on that.”

Dee said that season two will be funnier as the cast has become more comfortable in their roles and characters.

“I think the writing got better … I think it’s a better season. Now people are familiar with the characters, and the characters are a little more familiar in their own skin, so everybody really stepped up their game,” said Dee. “I didn’t want to hire actors and try to make them funny; I wanted to hire funny people and get them acting, and they’re all capable to do that. I think that’s why the show works.”

While some of the gags on the show are real life experiences that Dee had as a teacher, there are some things that are completely fictional. “A lot of it is based on some type of fact which we then ex-

aggerate and sometimes, we don’t have to exaggerate it and the scene is shot exactly as I lived it.”

For Dee, the best part about the television show is listening to the response from people about it.

“I really don’t get to enjoy it until it airs.

Once it starts airing, I can sit back and I can hear if people are liking it or not …

It’s feedback either way.”

When asked to provide advice for teachers, Dee joking responded, “I’m certainly not the guy to be giving advice, but I remember the best advice that I got: ‘Try not to let every little thing bother you.’

I really tried to live by that. You’ll just drive yourself nuts.”

Gerry Dee will be discussing his personal experiences as a former physical education teacher in his Life After Teaching comedy tour. The show makes its way to the Chrysler Theatre in the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts this Thursday, Sept. 27. Mr. D airs on CBC Monday’s at 8 p.m.

Syzslak A PINT WITH ...

Windsor’s latest rock ensemble, Syzslak • photo Joey Acott

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here are literally billions upon billions of bands in the world right now and you can add one more to that list because Syzslak, Windsor’s newest emo alternative rock band, are officially a group you need to know about. Their first show was barely two months ago and since then they’ve played a handful of gigs across the city and put out two songs online in anticipation of their upcoming EP. The four of them sat down with Lance multimedia editor Joey Acott at Villains Beastro to talk about their new project because they are totally a real band now.

Like, totally.

JOEY ACOTT: How would describe your band to someone who’s never heard of you guys?

EDDIE PHOUTH: A lot of people have been telling us we’ve got a unique 90s sound but sound like a now era [band]. I don’t know, that’s what people tell me. I just riff out.

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JESSIE FELLOWS: I’d say we’re a low-fi 90s sounding band; at least our recordings make us sound that way.

JA: You guys are named Syzslak, which is a Simpsons’ reference. Moe Szyslak is a very beautiful bartender in Springfield, so why did you choose that?

DEVAN POWER: We bounced around a few names, a few that grossed Jesse out.

Sweat was one of them, what was the other?

EP: Rubber! Hah! DP: We thought about combining the two, but then decided on Syzslak which kind of fit. We all like the Simpsons.

JA: Punk and The Simpsons seem to go together really well, why do you think that is?

DP: Everyone likes The Simpsons like how everyone likes pizza. Punks like pizza, punks like The Simpsons.

JF: I think The Simpsons are really good at pointing out society’s foibles and so is punk in a pretty big way.

JA: How long have you guys been playing together?

EP: About nine or 10 months now.

JA: Why start a band in Windsor? I’ve heard people discredit our scene and say it’s not even worth trying to get something going here.

EP: I think Windsor is unique, it has a lot of amazing bands and there’s not enough limelight shined on this place. So why not try and do something about it, as cheesy as that sounds.

JA: You guys have a record coming out soon, do you know when it’ll be done?

EP: We really like to take our time with things, which is why we have such a short set, we only have five songs. But hopefully soon it’ll come out. We have three songs recorded and one more to do with vocals and then hopefully we can put it out so everyone can have it for free. Jesse is the one recording us actually.

JF: It’s working out really well I think. I’m not using much, just a like an eighttrack thing and mics laying around our jam space. We can go late into the night which is good cause it usually takes a while, but it’s going cool so far.

Letting Go University Players take on Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women

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HOW TO BE A WRITER; DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB I’ve been involved in journalism for a number of years now. However, I only consider journalism to be my day job. While it’s a pretty damn good day job, I am first a writer of fiction who only writes journalism as a means to make ends meet. It’s a cliché, but it pays the bills.

It’s not easy to get published these days. The days of prolific authors who made a living on writing fiction are almost all but gone. Today the big names are almost all postmodernist writers, such as Tao Lin, Chuck Palahniuk and Brett Easton Ellis.

I’ve had three short stories published, and nothing else. I didn’t get much money for my stories, and I don’t have much to show for all the hard work. Of course, not all of us do it for the money. Although– money is nice. Writers write because they love to– at least, real writers do. But when the story is over, and you want to publish it, you can’t always forget about how difficult it is to break into the industry.

The American scene is even more impossible to break into as far as publishing goes. In order for a writer to be published there is a certain formula he or she needs to follow. First you write a short story that appeals to people. Then you must send this story to around 100 literary magazines. Again, bear in mind your story probably sucks.

Even if it’s good, it doesn’t matter. Publishers are overly cautious and usually reject you for the stupidest reasons. When the responses come back, wade through the rejection letters, rinse and repeat until a really lame literary rag accepts your shitty story. You probably won’t get paid, so be prepared to live off of fingernails and black coffee for the first little while. Don’t quit your day job.

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he University Players’ 54th season premieres with Jake’s Women, written by Neil Simon and wonderfully directed by William Pinnell.

Welcome to writer Jake’s apartment.

Here, Jake (Bart Hoxha) tries to write his next big novel while his marriage simultaneously crumbles before his eyes. His problem? He lives in the moments he creates in his mind. Instead of saying, he thinks of what he should say. He lets his second marriage to Maggie (Karina Lynn Pawlowicz) falter because he lives in the moments in his mind: lying on the grass with his first wife (Katie Preston), talking to his psychologist (Amy Zehr); creating events that never could be.

The chemistry between the cast members is undeniably genuine. Bart Hoxha’s deliveries with his onstage sister (Brittany Kraus), his two wives, daughters (Mallory Morgan and Sarah Harwood), psychologist, and girlfriend (Morgan Johnson) are smooth and timely, allowing the comedy and tragedy to be perfectly presented at a laugh-cry pace.

The message of this play is simple. We all sometimes go to that place in our minds where we imagine a specific moment in our lives; we go back to talking to our late beloved, to just hold their hand and have a conversation at the park. Other times, we seem to want to change how a fight might have gone, or switch a wrongly voiced answer to another’s hopeful question.

Where do we draw the line? When do we stop dreaming and start doing? In a sense, Jake’s Women is about writer Neil Simon trying to tell us to move on, to close the past and to figure out the present. Jake goes in and out of his mind and loses touch with his life because he’s somewhere else, distancing himself from his everyday life.

The choice of this play, as the first of the 2012-2013 season, was exemplary. Students must face their present challenges and worry less about the distant past, as people in general must strive to do every day. This play speaks wonders for the human mind, reminding us to put to rest past guilt and faults.

With comedy interwoven amongst the contemplative heartbreak, this fabulous performance of Jake’s Women is a must-see, for the mind, soul and heart.

Repeat these steps, adding each time a publication to your resume of published stories, and then hope and pray that a slightly better literary magazine editor will take pity on your worthless subhuman writer soul and publish your next work.

Well, maybe it’s not as faceless and cruel as all that. But, it’s true that writers write so that readers can read. They’re often not good at selling themselves. We’re not all Don Draper.

ARTS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 The Gator wsg. Tara Watts (Night of Action: Benefit Show for Accessible and Legal Safe Abortion) Phog Lounge THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 The Books & Boxes Bash with C.P. Boyko, Nadine McInnis, Alice Petersen and Norm Sibum Biblioasis Books Shirk feat. DJ Martin Deck, DJ Matthew Hawtin DJ Sabrina Medynsk & DJ Stephen Pender The Loop FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 Sarah Hiltz Rino’s Kitchen, 6 p.m.

Prelude open house and poetry wall Sho, Art, Spirit and Performance Studio, 7 p.m.

[FAM Fest] Blue Stones wsg, The Swillingtones & Myskow Family Musyk Phog Lounge [FAM Fest] Way Gone wsg. Learning FM Lounge The Spirits of Amherstburg A walking ghost tour Navy Yard Park, Amherstburg, 8:30 p.m., $8 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29 [FAM Fest] James O-L & The Villains wsg. Efan Dugout Sports Lounge [FAM Fest] Surdaster wsg. Silent Movie Type Coach & Horses

The Canadian writer W.P. Kinsella said in an interview published in The Winnipeg Review, “Unlike me, don’t quit your day job. I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time, and was able to make a good living for many years. It is almost impossible to do that today.”

Scattered Ecstasies; interplay of painting, poetry and performance Sho, Art, Spirit and Performance Studio, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., $10

These are discouraging words to those of us who write fiction. It’s not that we’re not good enough– though certainly some of us who consider ourselves writers in fact aren’t. It’s that the publishers don’t want to take any risk.

Shiv and the Shams wsg. Guitar Eddie and Tara Watts Phog Lounge, 9 p.m., $5 suggested donation to Windsor Youth Centre

Imagine a young Ernest Hemingway approaching a certain Maxwell Perkins at Scribners and Sons, with his new novel The Sun Also Rises, and being rejected, going undiscovered. Imagine Scott Fitzgerald never being able to publish The Great Gatsby because nobody wanted to take a risk on him. Imagine JD Salinger not publishing Catcher in the Rye. If they had been ignored by the publishing industry, the world would be lacking something because of their absence.

The Pianomen Roseland Golf & Curling Club, 7 p.m.

So how many Hemingways and Fitzgeralds have we missed so far? How many have gone unnoticed? Their words never printed. Too many, I’m sure.

It’s a difficult industry to break into. You need perseverance, and patience. You need confidence to take the rejections– and there is plenty of rejection along the road to success, assuming you ever see it. So take my advice, if you’re a writer, don’t quit your day job.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30 Sunparlor Players wsg. Eric Welton FM Lounge, 10 p.m., $8 [FAM Fest] I Was Here; graffiti paint session with Denial DJ Session From CJAM 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Scattered Ecstasies; interplay of painting, poetry and performance Sho, Art, Spirit and Performance Studio, 2 p.m., $10

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The French are revolting and the plot isn’t much better HGWATSON editor emeritus ______________________________

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arewell, My Queen is on its face another costume porn drama. But beneath the pretty façade there lies a bold attempt at political and personal drama. Unfortunately, director Benoît Jacquot wasn’t quite able to deliver on that score.

The film centres on Sidonie Laborde, played by Lea Seydoux, Marie Antoinette’s official reader (yes monarchs had official people to read them bedtime stories). The impact of the fall of the Bastille and the beginnings of the French Revolution are seen through her eyes. Similar to Downfall (A 2004 German film about the last days of Hitler’s life), Farewell, My Queen forces the viewer to use a civilian as our proxy to important historical events.

This device works well for the most part. Jacquot makes Versailles seem like the last days of Rome– servants steal Marie Antoinette’s linens from right under her nose and royals and commoners alike roam Versailles halls drunkenly, scrambling for a last lay while peasants rush the gates.

But as a narrative device, Laborde herself is lacking. A subplot involving her mysterious origins seems shoehorned into the plot in order to add some depth to the character. Jacquot wants her to represent all of the faceless mass of

Sidonie Laborde (Lea Seydoux) and Diane Kruger As Marie Antoinette in Frewell, My Queen • photo courtesy Eone Films

revolution and while it’s an interesting idea, the viewer doesn’t need that part of the plot explicitly spelled out. By virtue of Laborde’s position, we know she’s on the outside looking in. Had this part been left out there might have been more room for interpretation of what was truly fascinating at the time: the big giant violent revolution that was gearing up just outside her doors.

Farewell, My Queen has been advertised as a slightly more salacious version of the revolution tale, treating the rumoured affair between Marie Antoinette and Gabrielle de Polignac [Vir-

ginie Ledoyen] as fact. In reality, the film treats the affair in a very respectful manner. Antoinette’s affections are real where Polignac may have more secrets to hide.

Diane Krueger is one of those actresses who often slips underneath the radar in North America. In Inglorious Bastards, her performance was overshadowed by Christopher Waltz and to a lesser extent Michael Fassbender. Yet she has the same magnetic character actor chops that make her fun and exciting to watch on screen. Her role in Farewell, My Queen is not large but the second she’s on screen Krueger engages the viewer.

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MICAELAMULDOON lance writer ______________________________

RY COODER

DANCE MOVIE

(Nonesuch Records)

(Pigeon Row)

Election Special

Ry Cooder’s Election Special is an album with a best before date. After the November American election, these songs are so lacking in timelessness that they will expire.

The album has a few strengths. Cooder is a guitar icon and his typically strong technical skills are on display (he plays all of the instruments). There are moments of humour reminiscent of the best Ry Cooder and the production is strong.

The weak songwriting is where this album falls flat. Instead of attempting to address the broad issues that great protest songs tackle, Election Special is very specifically about this election. Entire songs are devoted to the 2012 convention locations and Guantanamo. It`s akin to someone writing songs directly about Michael Dukakis in 1983; see how a song like that holds up now. In addition, the songwriting feels forced. There are too many places where meter and rhyme are thrown off by Cooder trying to make a point.

Adding to the malaise is Cooder`s approach to the albums roots/blues sound.

It’s clear that he chose this genre because of the history of roots music and protest music. The problem is that he brings nothing new to the blues here, using it only as a convenient medium for his overwrought political message. To use music as propaganda you first have to draw them in with the sound. And this album is too boring to make anyone a believer.

There is absolutely no way that Farewell, My Queen won’t be included in the Oscar nominations for best costume design and production design in 2013.

It’s one of the prettiest costume dramas to come out in recent years. It’s a shame then that the meat of the film isn’t better developed.

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Unlike Kirsten Dunst’s version of Marie Antoinette, Krueger plays her hot and cold, at one moment breaking down and the next stoically planning her escape.

It’s probably the closest we’ve gotten yet to an accurate portrayal of the infamous queen.

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Interlopers

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Don’t let the hip-hoppy name fool you.

Dance Movie’s new debut album, Interlopers, hits stores straight from Halifax, delivering an exciting mix of indie-pop.

Tara Thorne lends her gentle Nova Scotian lilt, but the vocal talent doesn’t stop there.

The album carries an assortment of singers, always keeping the listener entertained with new and lively voices. Backing vocals are performed by Rebecca Zolkower, Don Brownrigg, Amelia Curran, Jenn Grant, Ryan Macgrath, John Mullane and Melanie Stone.

There’s the slow “Snow Heart,” featuring a mellow acoustic beat that picks up speed and throws in the hum of an accordion come the song’s climax. Thorne pitch rises with the climax, struggling to hit the high notes.

“ANAF” is more upbeat and lovey-dovey, blending both electric and classical guitar.

Zolkower adds her fine-tuned violin skills while Brownrigg steps from backing vocals, taking on deep lead vocals.

“Yeah You Are” carries an 80s vibe and brings in a cheery bass rhythm with steady drums keeping the beat. There’s the occasional chime of a glockenspiel and a harmonious keyboard.

This album is a great blend of assorted vocals and instruments, mixed with artistic genius. With all the instrumental variety, I would’ve expected some good ol’ Nova Scotian bagpipes. But maybe that’s for another chune.

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escapes Men’s soccer 1-1 on weekend Win women’s team Lancers come close to beating No. 2 ranked York Sunday

GUELPH 2 WINDSOR 0 YORK 3 WINDSOR 1

WINDSOR 1 GUELPH 0 YORK 3 WINDSOR 2

PAULOKASTRUP lance writer ______________________________

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he Lancers Women Soccer team is still looking for its first win after another tough weekend. They lost Saturday to Guelph, 2-0, and fell short Sunday against York, 3-1.

Sunday’s game against York University was by far the Lancers toughest loss of the weekend.

“I think York has the best team on our league,” coach Angelo Verardi said.

After 20 minutes of a tight battle, York started to control the match. A beautiful overlapping pass executed by the Lions’ Rita Keimakh found teammate Shannon Wood right in front of the post. Wood scored the game’s first goal in the 26th minute of the first half.

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he Lancers Men’s Soccer team had perhaps its most exciting series of games of the season on the weekend at Alumni Stadium, achieving a brilliant victory Saturday against Guelph, 1-0, and a painful, but thrilling loss Sunday to York, 3-2.

Saturday’s match started with a mild Gryphons dominance, led by team captain Robbie Murphy, who organized the midfield well and created many plays.

The Lancers fought back relentlessly, using the offside line to prevent scoring opportunities.

The Lancers started to take control near the end of the first half, with Chris Lanni creating some interesting plays.

Lanni put Christian Mayorga in front of the goal. The Guatemalan took the shot, which was saved by Guelph’s goalkeeper Chad Paparoni.

The Lancers momentum grew stronger in the second half. Mayorga switched positions with midfielder John Bahdi and started to add pressure to the Gryphons defensive. Lancer Michael Watson gave a precise assist to Mayorga, who took a hard shot. It was saved once again by Paparoni.

Moments later, Mayorga gave Eric Cirovski an opportunity to score. After a second of hesitation, Cirovski lost his momentum and his scoring chance.

It appeared, however, only a matter of time before the Lancers scored.

Massimo Megna, left, carries the ball with Jamar Kelly in weekend action on Alumni Field • photo courtesy Gerry Marentette / Lancers Athletics

the Lancer’s area. Nothing was called by the referee.

Sunday, the Lancers faced undefeated York, currently ranked second in the nation, in a battle between the league’s two best defenses. The Lancers had allowed only three goals prior to the match while the Lions had their net touched by the ball only twice this season. York’s Adrian Pena was the man to be watched, as he had scored at least one goal in every single game throughout the season.

The Lions started off in a very intimidating manner, oppressing the Lancers into their field. Making use of a very fast combination of one touch, short passes, Pena kept up his scoring streak with an opening goal in the ninth minute.

The Lions dominated until about the 25th minute, when Lanni robbed the ball from York defensive midfielder Arthur Casupanan, and then gave it to Mike Pio. Although Pio missed the goal, the Windsor Lancers had discovered their momentum.

At the 29th minute, Pena missed an easy goal that could have been tragic for the Lancers, who counter-attacked with another great Lanni play. Lanni gave the ball to Camaj, who missed the equalizer.

Camaj redeemed himself in the 50th minute, heading a cross from the right side of the field for the tying goal.

Windsor’s goal came in the 83rd minute, when Joseph Camaj— who had played a mostly defensive game— advanced from the left side and put forth a perfect cross finding the head of Cirovski. Cirovski did not hesitate this time, heading the ball hard to score the first and only goal of the match.

The Lions started putting pressure on the Lancer’s defense, with Pena a constant danger. He scored in the 11th minute of the second half on a free kick from 25 yards, while the Lancers were still organizing the wall. Lancer’s Goalkeeper Dejo Olagbegi was not ready for the low shot.

The Gryphons strove to make a comeback, but were stopped by a wellorganized Lancers defense. In a curious moment near the end of the match, Gryphon Timothy Flynn took a two touches corner kick, passing the ball to himself before making the cross over

Ten minutes later, Mayorga took a phenomenal shot from 30 yards, clearing York goalkeeper Colm Vance and equalizing the game 2-2.

“As soon as I saw that ball, I knew it was going to end in the net,” Mayorga said.

After that, the Lancers temporarily took control of the match. Massimo Megna put the ball underneath the legs of intimidating York defender Branko Majstorvic and then took a perfect shot.

It would have been the goal of the year had Vance not been able to stop it.

The Lancers kept on attacking, pushing the Lions back. When the match seemed to be going for the home team, another foul took place. York’s Daniel Alonzi scored on the free kick.

The Lancers kept on searching for the third equalizer. In the very last moment before the final whistle, Windsor’s Tony Falkestajn took a hard shot after a corner kick rebound, but the ball found the hands of the goalie.

“I am a bit disappointed,” head coach Steve Hart said. “We have all of the respect for this squad, but today, in my opinion, we were the best team in the field ... They scored two goals from set plays. This should never happen.”

“We scored two goals against a team that had only allowed two goals in the whole season,” Hart added. “We have to stay positive. After all, we played against a very good team today.”

Name of the Match Not only did Mayorga add Latin spice to the Windsor squad, he scored an amazing goal and also displayed a great amount of guts and skill burning Lions defense villain Branko Mastorovic. Mastorovic actually showed a good amount of roughness during the game.

Mayorga, the Aztec warrior, in spite of the match result, overcame his large Eastern European foe.

Runner-up: Adrian Pena’s a very impressive striker. He is one of those guys that knows exactly where to position himself in order to find the net. On Sunday, he found it twice.

“I guess a big share of luck was on my side today,” Pena said after the match.

Keimakh kept on creating opportunities for her teammates and York maintained the upper hand. A Keimakh corner kick was by found Elaine Kereakou, who scored the Lions’ second goal in the 41st minute.

Coach Verardi made some substitutions for the second half and the game evened up. Keimakh was literally hunted in the field by Lancer Bridget Jeffray resulting in York unable to create plays. With the Lancers gaining the upper hand, Gadeer Sobh started creating plays for her teammates.

Keimakh was substituted after suffering a wrist injury in the 71st minute of the game. The Lancers added pressure against the Lions’ defense, but were unable to finish Gadeer’s plays.

Gadeer went on to score the Lancers’ lone goal in the 72nd minute-mark of the game on a penalty shot. The Lions’ Colleen Beesley replied in the 90th minute, sealing the fate of the match.

“I was happy with the substitutions and half time talk,” Verardi said. “The girls stepped into the game with a different attitude playing much better in the second half. It is good to know that we can count on our subs to make fresh starts during the game.”

Saturday, Windsor fought a good battle but could not create opportunities to score goals in its loss to Guelph.

“It was one of these days in which our girls really did not play well,” coach Verardi said.

Name of the Match York’s Rita Keimakh, reminiscent of Brazilian national star Marta, gets the award. Keimakh is a very intelligent, fast, skillful midfielder capable of finding the plays before anyone else in the field. She was responsible for the two first goals York scored.

Coach Verardi saw that and neutralized her after York’s second goal, changing the game completely. Without Rita’s passes, the Lions lost their soul. Unfortunately for the Lancers, the change was just a bit too late.

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Lancer Men’s Hockey opens pre-season 2-0

Lancers football tempered by Western

TANYAQUAGLIA lance writer ______________________________

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he Windsor Lancers Men’s Hockey team started off their pre-season on a high note this past weekend with a pair of wins on the road.

Coming out strong Friday, the Lancers ended up with a 4-2 victory over the Golden Hawks. Parker Van Buskirk earned the win in net for the Lancers.

Saturday, the Lancers dominated from start to finish en route to a 6-1 win against the UOIT Ridgebacks.

Lancer Christian Steingraber netted a pair of goals. Other goal scorers for Windsor were Evan Stibbard, D.J. Turner, Isak Quakenbush and Derek Lanoue. Goaltender Matt Murphy, making his Lancer debut, earned his first win for Windsor.

“We had excellent goaltending this weekend from Parker Van Buskirk and Matt Murphy both,” said head coach Kevin Hamlin. “I think we have a lot of talent. I certainly don’t want to fall in love with the team right now. We have a lot of work to do.”

The Lancers 2-0 pre-season return follows one of their best seasons on record.

Last year, they reached the OUA West finals where they lost to the Western Mustangs. On the heels of that, in an OUA bronze medal game, they lost 5-3 to the UQTR Patriots.

With some of their top players graduating last season, most notably team captain and all-star defenseman Matt McCready, the Lancers looked to build their team up and return to the ice with vigor.

“We certainly have a lot of work to do,” Hamlin said. “But, being so early in the season, we’re doing everything we thought we could do and more. The guys that have come in have done a tremendous job and veterans have come back in tremendous shape. There’s a sense of urgency with this program, that this is the time to make some noise around the province.”

The Lancers return home Thursday night to host Laurier. The game is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Windsor Arena.

Lancer Austin Kennedy prepares to pass in Saturday’s game at Western • photo courtesy Samantha Fischer Photography

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espite another record-breaking outing for Lancer quarterback Austin Kennedy, Windsor fell to the Western Mustangs 43-26 at TD Waterhouse Stadium Saturday before a crowd of 6,052 spectators.

Coming off an offensively charged, dual-pronged 54-4 thrashing of the Toronto Varsity Blues last weekend, the Lancers could neither establish a running game nor ignite their notorious passing till late in the contest.

“I was a little disappointed that we took so long to get going,” Lancers head coach Joe D’Amore lamented. “We scored 22 points in the last quarter, but we only scored two in the first three quarters.”

Perhaps the only real bright spot of the night was Kennedy’s fortune. He become the all-time leading passer in Lancers history after throwing 21-48 for 338 yards on the night and beating out Hec Crighton winner Scott Mallander for the distinction.

Also on the night, Kennedy threw touchdown passes to Jordan Brescasin and Evan Pszczonak and also ran one in. Kicker Dan Cerino had the extra points.

In a battle for sole possession of third place, both with 2-1 records, it was the Mustangs who finally opened up the scoring with a field goal near the end of a rugby-like first quarter and ended the scoring with their sixth touchdown in the dying seconds of regulation time.

“We came out strong on the ground and passing, but we almost let them back in with their defense,” said Mustangs’ Brian Marshall, who hauled in one of Western’s touchdowns as their top receiver with 149 yards on the day.

Marshall admitted the Lancers took a couple injuries. “We were able to take advantage of that,” he said. “Especially with Matt McGarva with a sprained elbow, we attacked that spot.”

The Mustangs league-leading rusher Garret Sanvido totaled 204 yards for 443 yards of offense. His effort was matched by teammate Harold Matobola, who picked one off and returned it 68 yards, in addition to several other defensive gems.

Notable, too, was the Lancers entire defensive line which had three successive sacks out of a total of five, and caused five fumbles on the day as well.

Lancers defensive lineman Thai Pham tallied five solo tackles, two assists and a sack. Linebacker Brad Adams led the Lancers in tackles with two solo and 10 tackle assists.

Lancers Men’s Golf team finishes ninth at Western Invitational JOHNDOHERTY sports editor ______________________________

us, but if we all click on the same days I know we can do really well.”

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The Beach Grove Golf & Country Club golfer had the misfortune of spending his first nine holes in Thursday’s rainstorm, which hit St. Thomas literally the very moment Teno struck his tee into the ground on the first hole.

Despite rainy conditions at the St. Thomas Golf Club, Teno carded the low round for the Lancers at the tournament.

“It rained solidly– it poured– for nine holes. And the greens were aerated too, so that added on. It was tough conditions,” said Teno, who bogeyed his first three holes in the rain and struggled on the greens.

ophomore golfer Connor Teno fired a 78 to open the Lancers OUA season with a ninth-place finish at the Western Invitational Thursday in St. Thomas, Ont.

“I felt really good going into the tournament,” Teno said. “We practiced a lot going into it and we felt really good as a team. It’s kind of a building year with

“But still I was really hitting it solidly.”

Unfortunately, Teno found his worst hole when the rain stopped on the back nine, where he triple bogeyed the Par 5 14th hole.

“Other than that, I felt really good,” said Teno, who this year finished fourth in his final turn at the Jamieson Junior Golf Tour and won the Erie Shores Golf & Country Club tournament by one stroke with a 68.

Of the other University of Windsor players on the men’s team, Mike Ayotte shot an 80, Scott Reid had an 82 and Jeff Dent carded an 85 at the tournament. The Lancers finished the day with a four-man 325 total.

Despite good passing from Kennedy, who many feel is the current top CIS quarterback, he had two fumbles and two interceptions. Of the slow start and at times haphazard play of the Lancers, he commented, “That is mainly just a rhythm thing. It took us a little time to figure out what they were doing defensively. We know we have it in us.”

Coach D’Amore echoed this sentiment.

“It’s just those little things,” he said.

“We got out of our rhythm early and when Austin gets out of his rhythm, he just keys in on Jordan. But, we have to distribute the ball, because when we start distributing the football we are pretty tough to defend.”

Of his desire to crack into the OUA Top 3 and still earn a home game playoff spot, coach D’Amore speculated that they’ll have to beat one of the other top teams in the conference.

“We now have to steal one from the other two big teams (in McMaster and Queens), and/or hope that Guelph loses one they out to win,” he said.

No. 1 ranked McMaster maintained its dominance in the OUA West this week, claiming sole possession of first place by beating fifth-ranked Queen’s 33-20 to leave the Gaels in second. The Lancers (2-2), now sitting alone in fourth place, are back at home in a night game Saturday at Alumni Stadium at 7 p.m.

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Waterloo Invitational

10/1/2012

Guelph Invitational

On the women’s side, defending OUA individual champion Meaghan Pototschnik of Stratford, Ont., led the Lancers women with an 83. She finished tied in sixth place.

The host Western Mustangs won the tournament with a 298 total, beating Waterloo by seven strokes (305).

Guelph finished third one stroke behind Waterloo (306).

The Lancers compete again Saturday and Sunday at the two-day Waterloo Invitational. The women play at Cambridge Golf Club and the men will play at Whistle Bear and Grey Silo golf courses.

Cross country The Lancers men opened the 2012 season with a second-place finish Saturday at the Western Invitational while the women finished seventh.

Matt Walters led the Lancers men, finishing third in the 10km event with an overall time of 24:56. Paul Janikowski was seventh in 25:28.

The 2012 Lancer Women’s Fastpitch team • photo courtesy Lancers Women’s Fastpitch

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Nick Falk finished 16th (26:09), Dave Meloche was 17th (26:12) and Fraser Kegel was 18th (26:15). On the women’s side, senior runner Jen Corrick finished seventh overall in a time of 18:15. Lindsay Thompson finished 33rd (19:21), rookie Alexandra Moore was 37th (19:25) and Meaghan Marton was 39th (19:27).

hey’ve gone to the playoffs every year in their 10-year history with the Ontario Intercollegiate Women’s Fastball League, but the Lancers Women’s Fastpitch club has yet to win the championship.

The Lancers compete at the Notre Dame Invitational Friday in South Bend, Ind.

They reached the final once, in 2004, and also earned a bronze medal in 2010. Last year, the Lancers tied for fifth place in the league championships.

The Lancers Men’s Baseball team split doubleheaders on the weekend against Humber and Durham colleges.

Team captain and third-baseman Stephanie Manson thinks they’ve a good shot at the title this year with a roster that includes 10 returning players and five rookies.

Saturday, Windsor followed up a 3-2 loss with a 13-3 win at Humber. Chris Renaud earned the win on the mound in the second game. Tyler Pratt was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and Luke Lefler had a three-RBI double to put Windsor ahead 7-3.

This past weekend saw the Lancers sweep and be swept in games on the road. Saturday they lost two games to Brock 4-2 and 8-1.

“They were fairly close games,” said Manson. “We just weren’t able to get the results that we wanted.”

Sunday, they beat McMaster 8-0 and 10-5.

Their current win-loss stands at 5-5, which puts them roughly in the middle of the pack in the 12-team league, but Manson doesn’t think the record is indicative of the strength her team possesses this year.

For instance, the Lancers played a double-header against twotime defending champion Western Mustangs for their season opener. While the Lancers team, still feeling out the season, dropped both games, Manson feels her team gave the Mustangs a serious run for their money.

“We did keep it close this year,” she said. “The Mustangs are very dominant, and for our first game this year we weren’t sure how it was going to go. We were able to play up to their level which we were very happy about.”

It’s the result of a more seasoned roster.

“It’s kind of great this year,” Manson said. “We have a lot of returning girls that have been there for three or four years and, in my case, this is my fifth year coming back now.”

Manon made a special reference to third-year pitcher Kelsey Schincariol. “She’s extremely dominant,” Manson said of the former Windsor Lady Expo. “She’s one of the best in the league.”

While Manon classifies last year as a time of rebuilding, she feels the added year has brought a maturity to the team. Even with a large graduating class at the end of last season leaving behind eight rookies, the Lancers have managed to return with a stronger core.

“The rookies are doing really well,” Manson said. “Some of them have already fit into starting positions. So, we’re happy with how we’re coming together quickly. We feel really positive that we can have such a winning season.”

“I’m very confident in our team this year,” Manson added. “I’m extremely confident with all of our returning players. Our rookies are showing great promise early in the season and now we’re going to go out and make a big splash in the standings. We want everyone to know that we’re here to compete for a medal this year.”

The Lancers look to improve to a winning record this weekend when they host doubleheaders against Toronto Saturday at 2 p.m. and Guelph Sunday at noon at the Turtle Club.

Men’s baseball splits weekend

Sunday’s Game 1 against Durham ended in a 7-0 loss. Game 2, a 6-0 win, saw Justin Levesque record three hits and three RBIs. Pitcher Ben Stanczak had the win.

The Lancers will next play a double header against St. Clair College at Lacasse Park Sept. 30 starting at 1 p.m.

Tribute dinner for donors A Sports Fest Windsor Organ Donor Tribute Dinner takes place Sept. 30 at the Serbian Centre (6770 Tecumseh Rd. E.) from 3 to 6 p.m. Sports Fest Windsor is an organization that promotes the awareness of organ and tissue donorship.

The casual dress sit down meal will consist of salad, pasta, roasted chicken and vegetables with coffee, tea and dessert.

There’s a cash bar with door prizes and raffles to be won.

Reserve a table of eight by calling Carol Award at cawad@cogeco.ca or 519-9445760, or Hector Marinacci at hectormarinacci@yahoo.ca or 519-735-5200.

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scoreboard FOOTBALL

McMaster Guelph Queen’s Western Laurier Windsor Toronto Waterloo York Ottawa

OUA STANDINGS GP W L PF 4 4 0 196 4 3 1 115 4 3 1 128 4 3 1 170 4 2 2 75 4 2 2 153 4 1 3 59 4 1 3 71 4 1 3 102 4 0 4 97

PA PTS 66 8 105 6 73 6 61 6 108 4 93 4 148 2 191 2 131 2 190 0

9/22/2012

at Western Mustangs

L 43-26

9/29/2012

York Lions

7 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER

York McMaster Laurier Windsor Western Guelph UOIT Waterloo Brock

OUA WEST STANDINGS GP W L T GF 8 7 0 1 24 8 7 1 0 17 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 3 2 2 12 7 3 4 0 11 8 2 6 0 5 8 1 7 0 6 6 0 6 0 2

9/22/2012

Guelph

W 1-0

9/23/2012

York

L 3-2

9/29/2012

at Guelph

3:15 p.m.

9/30/2012

at York

3:15 p.m.

GA PTS 4 22 8 21 10 14 6 13 9 11 10 9 17 6 17 3 16 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Laurier Western York McMaster Guelph UOIT Waterloo Brock Windsor

OUA WEST STANDINGS GP W L T GF 8 6 0 2 22 7 4 1 2 8 8 3 0 5 11 8 4 2 2 11 7 3 2 2 8 8 2 4 2 11 8 2 5 1 4 6 1 5 0 1 8 0 6 2 6

9/22/2012

Guelph

L 2-0.

9/23/2012

York

L 3-1

9/29/2012

at Guelph

1 p.m.

9/30/2012

at York

1 p.m.

GA PTS 7 20 4 14 2 14 4 14 6 11 12 8 9 7 21 3 17 2

WOMEN’S HOCKEY pre-season 9/30/2012

Honeybaked Ham

4:10 p.m.

MEN’S HOCKEY pre-season 9/21/2012

at Laurier

W 4-2.

9/22/2012

at UOIT

W 6-1

9/27/2012

Laurier

7:30 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL pre-season 9/30/2012

vs. Trine University

2 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY 9/28/2012

Notre Dame Invitational South Bend, IN

2:30 PM

9/29/2012

Loyola Invitational Chicago, IL

10:30 AM

MEN’S BASEBALL 09/22/2012

at Humber (DH)

L 3-2

09/23/2012

at Durham (DH)

L 7-0

09/30/2012

at St. Clair (DH) at Lacasse

1 p.m.

WOMEN’S FASTPITCH

Home games at Turtle Club unless noted otherwise 9/22/2012

at Brock (DH)

L 45-2, 7-1

9/23/2012

at McMaster (DH)

W 8-0, 10-5

9/29/2012

vs. Toronto (DH)

2 p.m.

9/30/2012

vs. Guelph (DH)

12 p.m.